Office of the Bishop
Bishop Gregory Parkes Invites You to Join Him As He Consecrates the Diocese of St. Petersburg to St. Joseph on May 1, 2021
Please click on the following link to view a video invitation from Bishop Parkes, encouraging your participation at the Consecration to St. Joseph Prayer Service. The service will take place on Saturday, May 1st at the Cathedral of St. Jude the Apostle at 12:00 PM.
Consecration means to make holy with God’s help, and it is an opportunity to respond faithfully to God’s grace at work in our lives. St. Joseph is the patron and protector of the Catholic Church and the patron saint of fathers. Join us in person at the Cathedral or via livestream at dosp.org/livestream, facebook.com/diostpete, youtube.com/dioceseofstpete or via radio broadcast on Spirit FM 90.5. To learn more, visit www.dosp.org/joseph.
Virtual Marian Congress on May 8 to Feature National Speaker on Marian Devotion and Spirituality
All Catholics are encouraged to grow in their faith through a special relationship with the Blessed Virgin Mary, who is a perfect model of evangelization and discipleship. Father Chris Alar, MIC of the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy will provide wonderful insights to guide us on this journey of grace and blessing at the 2021 Marian Congress. He has recorded a special invitation video just for you. Click here to view the video. Visit www.FloridaMarianCongress.org to learn more.
Clergy Appointments
Most Reverend Gregory Parkes, Bishop of St. Petersburg, announces the following clergy changes, effective July 1, 2021, unless otherwise indicated:
RETIREMENT STATUS
Monsignor Ronald B. Aubin, J.C.L., from Pastor of Our Lady of the Rosary Parish, Land O’ Lakes, granted retirement status.
Reverend C. Timothy Corcoran, III, from Pastor of St. Mary Parish, Tampa and Vicar Forane of the North Central Deanery, granted retirement status.
Reverend Gregg Tottle, from Pastor of St. Michael the Archangel Parish, Clearwater, granted retirement status.
APPOINTMENTS
Pastors
Reverend Thomas Anastasia, from Pastor of St. Matthew Parish, Largo and Vicar Forane of the Southwest Deanery to Pastor of St. Michael the Archangel Parish, Clearwater.
Reverend Kyle Bell, from Parochial Vicar of St. Ignatius of Antioch Parish, Tarpon Springs to Director of the Catholic Student Center at U.S.F., Tampa.
Monsignor Michael Carruthers, from Parochial Administrator of Resurrection Parish, Riverview to Pastor of St. Lawrence Parish, Tampa.
Reverend Daniel Kayajan, from Pastor of St. Lawrence Parish, Tampa to Pastor of Resurrection Parish, Riverview.
Parochial Administrators
Reverend Jonathan Emery, from Parochial Vicar of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Dunedin to Parochial Administrator of St. Matthew Parish, Largo.
Reverend Justin Paskert, from Director of the Catholic Student Center at U.S.F., Tampa to Parochial Administrator of Our Lady of the Rosary Parish, Land O’ Lakes.
Reverend Kyle Smith, from Parochial Vicar of St. Lawrence Parish, Tampa to Parochial Administrator of St. Mary Parish, Tampa.
Parochial Vicars
Newly ordained Reverend Israel “Izzie” Hernandez, to Parochial Vicar of St. Stephen Parish, Riverview, effective May 15, 2021.
Reverend Joshua Bertrand, from Graduate Studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome to Parochial Vicar of St. Ignatius of Antioch Parish, Tarpon Springs, effective August 1, 2021.
Reverend Dayan Machado, from the Pastoral Center with residence at Our Lady of the Rosary Parish, Land O’ Lakes to Parochial Vicar of St. Mary Parish, Tampa.
Reverend Robert Romaine, from Parochial Vicar of St. Paul Parish, Tampa to Parochial Vicar of Holy Family Parish, St. Petersburg.
Reverend Higinio Rosolen, I.V.E., from Faculty of St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary, Boynton Beach to Parochial Vicar of St. Lawrence Parish, Tampa.
Reverend Jonathan Stephanz, from Parochial Vicar of Holy Family Parish, St. Petersburg to Parochial Vicar of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Dunedin.
Reverend Timothy Williford, from Parochial Vicar of St. Stephen Parish, Riverview to Parochial Vicar of St. Paul Parish, Tampa.
Reverend Andrew Burns [Paterson, NJ], to Parochial Vicar of Christ the King Parish, Tampa.
Reverend Francisco Hernandez [Caguas, PR], from Parochial Vicar of Incarnation Parish, Tampa to Parochial Vicar of Most Holy Redeemer Parish, Tampa.
Reverend Jonathan Loverita, J.C.L. [Catarman, Philippines], from Parochial Vicar of Most Holy Redeemer Parish, Tampa to Parochial Vicar of Corpus Christi Parish, Temple Terrace.
Reverend Michael Owen [Chicago, IL], from Parochial Vicar of Corpus Christi Parish, Temple Terrace to Parochial Vicar of Incarnation Parish, Tampa.
Reverend Brian Whelan [Ferns, Ireland], to Parochial Vicar of St. Stephen Parish, Riverview, effective August 1, 2021.
Reverend Tamil Selvam [Sivagangai, India] to Parochial Vicar of St. Paul Parish, Tampa, effective May 1, 2021.
RELIEVING
Reverend Alexander T. Padilla, II, from Parochial Vicar of Christ the King Parish, Tampa to the Pastoral Center, St. Petersburg. Father Padilla has been assigned to the faculty of St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary, Boynton Beach.
Upon conferral with Very Reverend Thomas Reddy, O.C.D., Provincial Superior of the Order of Discalced Carmelites, Telangana, India Province, Reverend Ambrose Kadambukatt, O.C.D., from Parochial Vicar of St. Paul Parish, Tampa. Father Kadambukatt is returning to his religious community in India, effective May 1, 2021.
INCARDINATIONS
The following priests will be incardinated into the Diocese of St. Petersburg:
Monsignor Michael Carruthers, from the Archdiocese of Miami.
Reverend Daniel Kayajan, from the Congregation of the Holy Cross, United States Province.
Reverend Vijaya B. Polamarasetty, from the Discalced Carmelite Order, St. Francis Xavier Province, India.
Reverend Pedro Zapata, from the Diocese of Orlando.
This list is also published under Clergy Changes in the Pastoral Bulletin page.
